diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 4b389dfbd5c55fb07df8f8c8a8a074097d7f0e80..43fcd6031969509cb6d64d7d705cb1990a920e2e 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_open(const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
 	prevent_tail_call(ret);
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sys_open); /* To be deleted for 2.6.25 */
 
 asmlinkage long sys_openat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
 			   int mode)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 1c177f29e1b72be0aa63f38496ed81727d01f653..49a98718ecdf77ce2dae03b74530a0c90d13195f 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_read(unsigned int fd, char __user * buf, size_t count)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sys_read); /* to be deleted for 2.6.25 */
 
 asmlinkage ssize_t sys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user * buf, size_t count)
 {